Quick Tips:
Searching can be done either through the advanced search form or the search box above. Selecting different formats will show additional search fields specific to those formats.
In some cases, the search box may allow for constructing more complex searches. For a full walk-through of how to use the SMA Digital Collections site, click here.
Wildcards
The asterisk ("*") is used as a wildcard character. That is, it matches any text. Wildcards may only be used at the end of a word, to match words that start your search term.
Searching on dates
Use "#" before the date for exact matches. Searches can be done with most common formats including date ranges--click here for examples.
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You may search on dates in any of these formats:
Year: 2007
Month and year: June 2007, 6/2007
Specific date: June 7, 2007; 6/7/2007; 6/7/07; 2007-06-06
Date with 24 hour time: June 7, 2007 16:43; 6/7/2007 @ 16:43; June 7, 2007 at 16:43
Date with 12 hour time: June 7, 2007 4:43:03pm; 6/7/2007 @ 4:43:03p.m.
Imprecise Dates:
June 10, 1955 ~ 10d (June 10th 1955 plus or minus 10 days)
1955 ~ 3y (1955 plus or minus 3 years)
For Date Ranges use:
to, -, and, .., through or from, between
Examples:
June 5, 2007 - June 15, 2007
Between June 5, 2007 and June 15, 2007
From 6/5/2007 to 6/15/2007
6/5/2007 @ 9am .. 6/5/2007 @ 5pm
6/5 .. 6/15/2007 (Note implicit year in first date)
6/5 at 9am - 5pm (Note implicit date in current year with range of times)
Matching is by default very loose: items with any overlap will be returned. You can restrict matching to items with dates that are completely encompassed by your search date by prepending a "#" to your search data. Eg. "#May 10, 2005"